Persistent corneal epithelial defect associated with erlotinib treatment

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 706-707

  Johnson, Keegan S ^a   Levin, Flora ^a   Chu, Davis S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal erosion; Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor; Erlotinib; Infectious keratitis

Indexed keywords

ERLOTINIB; GATIFLOXACIN; HOMATROPINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EROSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; QUINAZOLINES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 67650602962     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818fdbc6     Document Type: Article

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